They tried to use Nuke The Fridge after the last Indiana Jones movie but it never held (off topic, I still think the only bad thing about that movie was Shia LeBeouf, everything else was pretty cool and the alien angle was only necessary since they’d exhausted relics from the three main religions in the original trilogy).

]]>By: theOtherDudehttp://screenrant.com/liam-neeson-vs-vladimir-putin-tv-shows-jumped-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-1044778
Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:15:57 +0000http://screenrant.com/?p=430752#comment-1044778I thought the term Jump the Shark was dead back in 2003.
]]>By: Dazzhttp://screenrant.com/liam-neeson-vs-vladimir-putin-tv-shows-jumped-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-1044745
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 23:53:03 +0000http://screenrant.com/?p=430752#comment-1044745Eddie’s moved into acting more since the late 90s. He was in a few episodes of Hannibal last year with a dodgy accent for example, plus roles in movies like My Super Ex-Girlfriend that are easily forgettable (forgot he was even in that as the main villain until I saw it again last year).

I’ve always been fond of Paul Kaye though. He got his start playing an obnoxious American called Dennis Pennis who interviewed people on the red carpet with annoying questions (once asking Demi Moore in the early 90s if she’d heard of men dying during sex and saying “would you like your husband to Die Hard too?”).

Then he had a brief MTV show 10 years ago based on his Mike Strutter character, who was influenced by Sean Penn’s character in Carlito’s Way. Most people would know him now for being Thoros of Myr in Game Of Thrones (the Red Priest who Arya Stark met last season).

]]>By: Jeffhttp://screenrant.com/liam-neeson-vs-vladimir-putin-tv-shows-jumped-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-1044727
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 23:40:20 +0000http://screenrant.com/?p=430752#comment-1044727I believe I’ve heard of Billy Connolly but not Eddie Izzard or Peter Kay. The biggest male comics in the US have probably been Bob Hope, and later Richard Pryor, but again, with each passing decade, recognition of their names passes as well. It seems comics don’t necessarily transcend their country’s borders.
]]>By: Dazzhttp://screenrant.com/liam-neeson-vs-vladimir-putin-tv-shows-jumped-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-1044643
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:41:42 +0000http://screenrant.com/?p=430752#comment-1044643Yeah, Ruby was pretty huge here in the late 80s/early 90s playing up to the obnoxious American stereotype but in the last 5 years or so, she’s known more as a mental health campaigner after being diagnosed as bipolar herself some time back.

I’m with you on the Lucille Ball thing but not with her (don’t think anyone in the UK has ever heard of her), more like Billy Connolly and Eddie Izzard, who were household names but then sort of dropped off the public radar, especially Eddie when he started spending more time abroad and was quickly replaced by Peter Kay as “the nation’s favourite comedian” (Peter has the record for the biggest selling comedy tour of all time, spend 18 months touring the UK and Ireland to sold out arenas, including 20 nights at The Manchester Evening News Arena and 5 at The 02 Arena in London during his Tour That Doesn’t Tour Tour that became so popular, it had to leave Manchester and actually tour).

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Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:33:27 +0000http://screenrant.com/?p=430752#comment-1044635Wow…I grew up in the US and never heard of Ruby Wax. Joan Rivers I know but can’t stand. The most popular/reputable female comedian in the US has probably been Lucille Ball, but as the decades go by, so does the memory of her. Don’t believe there is anyone comparable here today. I kind of like Melissa McCarthy now, as she reminds me of a female Chris Farley, but I don’t believe she will ever become a household name.
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Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:08:23 +0000http://screenrant.com/?p=430752#comment-1044593Cool, thanks.

I grew up with just the British comediennes (French & Saunders, Jo Brand, Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, the female members of Not The 9 O’Clock News like Pamela Stephenson and The Fast Show such as Caroline Aherne) and then imports from the US like Ruby Wax (who was also never funny) and Joan Rivers.

]]>By: Jeffhttp://screenrant.com/liam-neeson-vs-vladimir-putin-tv-shows-jumped-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-1044592
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 21:58:59 +0000http://screenrant.com/?p=430752#comment-1044592Gilda was the original female face of Saturday Night Live. She married Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Young Frankenstein, etc.) but later died of cancer. Although she was very popular during her time, I never found her to be that funny. Her husband Gene is a classic, however, so if he loved her, I don’t doubt that she was someone very special and unique!
]]>By: Dazzhttp://screenrant.com/liam-neeson-vs-vladimir-putin-tv-shows-jumped-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-1044580
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 21:46:10 +0000http://screenrant.com/?p=430752#comment-1044580Also have to add, I have no clue who Gilda Radner is.
]]>By: Dazzhttp://screenrant.com/liam-neeson-vs-vladimir-putin-tv-shows-jumped-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-1044577
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 21:45:29 +0000http://screenrant.com/?p=430752#comment-1044577Yep, I only know about her because they show commercials for Girls on Sky Atlantic while I fast forward through the ads and always accidentally play the recording a little too soon.

I wouldn’t blame her for that video being painfully unfunny though, it’s more the fault of the writers. It’s just that, as the face of the sketch, I can understand why she’d be seen as the problem with it.

]]>By: Jeffhttp://screenrant.com/liam-neeson-vs-vladimir-putin-tv-shows-jumped-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-1044563
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 21:30:53 +0000http://screenrant.com/?p=430752#comment-1044563I concur. Just watched it and found it unfunny. Don’t really know who she is, though. I suspect most people don’t…
]]>By: Buntcake1972http://screenrant.com/liam-neeson-vs-vladimir-putin-tv-shows-jumped-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-1044551
Sun, 09 Mar 2014 21:16:22 +0000http://screenrant.com/?p=430752#comment-1044551Well, I lost my appetite watching the very unfunny Lena Dunham. Seriously, who the f**k finds this spoiled rich brat funny? Gilda Radner is rolling over in her grave if she’s the face of female comedy.
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